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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.( m9 K J9 S6 H- D9 m0 z
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。
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( \$ D5 P. g& }2 o: j4 T1 }The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '4 }* k: A$ R9 P2 V- ^% m0 V" b
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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$ g9 e1 i; M. V X* v7 V/ B: e. qThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,# }/ V) M- I! u! E3 @" Y7 e
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '9 T; O, C, O; _
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' ': d- W1 j; G: g; C- u
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」* O, n( z, W- m8 E [4 H" L
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) x: b; c# ~" b4 mThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.2 O1 q+ ~+ H. F
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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" e; T. F5 O" k! u' r, {The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.5 ^' j) E- Q" j g W" |
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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) Y5 [1 a4 [& I! M1 F) BFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
+ W g+ p6 O7 S) D/ q+ r# A. W最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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1 G8 w7 L1 o1 l3 {'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.( H, J( ]' h# G0 @1 J6 h" E" O2 Y
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. ' J7 m L, W# e4 w5 M1 H
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」8 \7 ]- \2 ^* h. T
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.+ K3 O% y5 T8 Q1 T4 J$ ^
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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( J; J/ Y8 w! }, e' TBut he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '# @8 V- G* t6 g' C; b
但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』
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His eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '$ B0 V, `" p$ d- f, J/ g8 i" s0 d
他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』
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# t0 B/ k* k. E" `4 c& m, GMy heart nearly stopped.
7 N0 j" m9 `) _% F5 H- ]" W我的心臟幾乎要停止了。% _1 Z: s2 k* p" }' c9 c; L* s
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The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '2 @/ q) M, M/ }8 K( q
小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』 o; s0 x$ ]+ l: S1 {$ v
! b# h" |( c$ LThen he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
& p' B& x/ G* P( l" f+ G# U然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』
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% U/ G* r- ~. u; F'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '
; m" I N4 Y! ^『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.+ E0 b: A3 T8 j. X6 \: ?
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。& ~% @5 r# k# E' H
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I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
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& r1 z9 U( [0 f2 O'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.9 X9 E8 p" J% W6 b2 {
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。
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6 z: U( h! U) [4 V8 Q) {The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
S U8 b5 ^' ?# T3 W小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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6 j2 j$ L/ A6 I" O. VThen he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '! E. A7 [ q6 e0 I$ k: l% N2 c8 U& m! M
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』
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'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '" }- M, v) ~% z+ M6 U: I1 r
; I/ L6 V# a1 S9 `. X『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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'My mommy loves white roses. '3 u0 X( R9 O" S6 t7 h8 |
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.0 k9 d. O8 q, D c
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。2 `; k! y2 b4 @& T G* o
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
9 z9 J8 d6 w! ~" ~( g" N我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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7 X! q; m) X7 M! E- y小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。$ O- ?9 H- Q, E% n( v2 ?
" p: B$ a# ?3 q( sThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
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我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。$ x( W! q( d- |$ a1 a) B
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
% ^- y; m0 q: {7 G* U8 L, m6 E0 r% |小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管0 |/ m+ q0 ^/ ^& j6 b% q' V
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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Was this the family of the little boy?
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Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.2 F/ x# i, |% Y/ _9 r
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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# m" O# r4 E2 [0 P/ MI couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial., w) \: r$ ]% J/ D; E
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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# a% R; ~ w, H% wShe was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
( u- [- u0 C# B0 Z她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。
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4 @8 s" C j! d: tI left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is2 D; N$ y ]: G% _
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我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
9 |$ f5 o2 t0 }) i; |就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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